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San Diego Angel Conference Backs Five Companies

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According to the conference, it awarded $200,000 to Advocat Technologies, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) software for research and drafting at enterprise legal departments, and another $300,000 split between ChargeNet Stations, Digital Proteomics, Fluid Power AI, and Verity.

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With $75M Alumnus Gift, UCSD Opens Data Science Institute

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lu, is intended to encourage the development and use of new data science technologies in just about every field on campus—and beyond. lu Data Science Institute. The center, made possible by a $75 million gift from UC San Diego alumnus and early Facebook employee Taner Halicio?lu,

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Todd Hylton Adds Neural Tech Expertise to UCSD Robotics Institute

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a Qualcomm-backed startup founded in 2009 to develop computer systems and software based on algorithms that emulate the “spiking neuron” processes of the human brain. in 2012, Hylton led a team that developed BrainOS, software technology designed to enable robotic systems to adapt to their environments and learn from humans.

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